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This is the first synthesis on the West African Craton (sensu largo) presenting the Precambrian to Late Paleozoic evolution in light of its origin as a part of Gondwanaland. Furthermore, correlations with such Circum-Atlantic orogens as Iberian, Appalachian, Brazilian are elucidated. The belts surrounding the late Archean - early Proterozoic West African Craton are described according to thier stratigraphy, sedimentology, deformation, metamorphism, magmatism, and recent geochronological data.

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Author:   R. D. Dallmeyer ,  J. P. Lecorche
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Weight:   1.320kg
ISBN:  

9783540524120

ISBN 10:   3540524126
Pages:   414
Publication Date:   17 June 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Geophysics and the Crustal structure of West Africa.- Geophysics and the Crustal structure of West Africa.- 3 Crystalline Basement of the West African Craton.- Crystalline Basement of the West African Craton.- 4 Cover Sequences of the West African Craton.- Cover Sequences of the West African Craton.- 5 The West African Orogens.- The Pan-African Trans-Saharan Belt in the Hoggar Shield (Algeria, Mali, Niger): A Review.- The Dahomeyide Orogen: Tectonothermal Evolution and Relationships with the Volta Basin.- The Rokelide Orogen.- The Bassaride Orogen.- The Mauritanide Orogen and Its Northern Extensions (Western Sahara and Zemmour), West Africa.- The Moroccan Hercynides.- 6 Circum-Atlantic Correlations.- Terranes within the Iberian Massif: Correlations with West Africa Sequences.- Central-Western Europe: Major Stages of Development During Precambrian and Paleozoic Times.- Late Proterozoic and Early Paleozoic Tectonothermal Evolution of the Eastern Alps.- Northern Appalachians: Avalon and Meguma Terranes.- Exotic Terranes in the Central-Southern Appalachian Orogen and Correlations with West Africa.- Crustal Evolution and the Brasiliano Orogeny in Northeast Brazil.

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